No new mines being planned, no new acquisitions, no expansions being planned, basically just maintaining the status quo. I'd be happier with a 50% to 75% reduction in body count. Mark is not cutting deep enough.

So just to be clear about the headline. Glencore must pay for the fraud conducted by - Marc Rich & Co - a company it took over after the the fraud was committed. It was not Glencore that committed the fraud.

The only problem I can see is that Glencore did not uncover this fraud during their due diligence study when taking over Marc Rich & Co.

What a good play, only 2,5 to 3 times the rate the Russians charge. For our principled - and need I add - unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, a price worth paying. After all, with their tax free salaries why should they care?

Oh yes, the Russians are using James Bond invisible paint and clothes to hide their troops and tanks so that the NATO spy satellites can't see them? The lizard eating aliens are helping them this in this endeavour. Poppycock!

The neo-nazis in Kiev have decided to do some ethnic cleansing in their country. They banned the Russian language and they want to purge all Russian speaking for their soil. I don't have any sympathy for them.

The Maiden junta decided to cut ties with Russia, good, their choice, let them pay for it.